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Dan RafaelBlog | ChatsDan Rafael is ESPN.com's boxing writer. Rafael began writing for ESPN.com in March 2005 after working for 5 years as the boxing writer for USA Today. |
Thanksgiving offers no rest for busy boxing folks
Dan RafaelAlthough many folks are taking it easy this week because of Thanksgiving, that's not the case in boxing as several fights are in the works. While Top ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009Eight, including uncle, to receive organs
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comThe death of junior featherweight Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez on Sunday night will not be in vain.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009Fallen fighter gives gift of life
Dan RafaelThe death of junior featherweight Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez on Sunday night will not be in vain. Two days after Rodriguez was knocked out by Teon Ke...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Negotiations Begin For Pacquiao-Mayweather
ESPN.com boxing writer Dan Rafael updates the latest on the talks between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Video | November 23, 2009Pacquiao-Mayweather in negotiations
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comFormal negotiations in an effort to make a megafight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the first part of 2010 will open Monday.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Ward looks sharp in cutting up Kessler
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comNot only did Andre Ward walk away with Mikkel Kessler's super middleweight belt Saturday, he also emerged as the man to beat in the Super Six Classic.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009ESPN.com's divisional rankings
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comWhat recent changes have been made in boxing's weight class rankings? Dan Rafael reveals his new world standings.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Pacquiao's power? All natural
Dan RafaelAlmost as soon as referee Kenny Bayless waived off Manny Pacquiao's resounding 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto, talk turned to the prospect of the inev...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009Pacquiao-Cotto tops Mayweather in PPV
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comManny Pacquiao is a box office hit, selling 1.25 million pay-per-views for his fight with Miguel Cotto in a performance that could set up the richest fight ever against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009Rafael After Dark
Welcome to SportsNation! On Saturday, ESPN.com's boxing writer Dan Rafael will log on for a special Rafael After Dark chat. Rafael will stop by after Showtime...
Chat | November 20, 2009Ward writes off Kessler's advantages ahead of Super Six fight
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com...but I want to do my part to bring back the belt here on American soil." Said Dan Goossen, Ward's promoter, "This is just like Andre's run to the gold medal, but in...
Page | ConversationFroch pulling for Kessler in Super Six showdown with Ward
Dan RafaelThe eyes of the boxing world will be on Oakland, Calif., on Saturday (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET/PT) when super middleweight titlist Mikkel Kessler defends ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009HBO honcho keen on making megafight
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comIt's every fight fan's dream bout: a megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd "Money" Mayweather. HBO Sports' head honcho, Ross Greenburg, is determined to make those dreams come true.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Pacquiao-Mayweather will set new fight standard
Dan RafaelWhen (and that's when, not if), Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. eventually fight, it's going to be gargantuan business. It really is the fight...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009The top 3 pound-for-pound fighters
Dan Rafael, ESPN.comDan Rafael ranks the best boxers in the world.
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